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Almost the commonest bird in the jungle on Kao Nawng, keeping 
generally to the bushes and smaller trees. We did not obtain it near 
Ban Kok Klap so that it is evidently a submontane species, replaced 
in the south of the Peninsula by A. peracensis, Sharpe. 
“Tris hazel-grey feet dark fleshy brown, bill, upper mandible 
corneous tip and edges dull yellow, lower mandible more broadly 
yellow, gape bright yellow, orbital ring greenish waxy yellow. 
95. ALCIPPE CINEREA. 
Alcippe cinerea, Blyth; Sharpe, tom. cit., p. 622; Robinson and 
Kloss, tom. cit., p. 61. 
A pair only from Kao Nawng, where it was rare. The species does 
not extend into Tenasserim and these specimens are the most northerly 
recorded. 
96. STACHYRIS DAVISONI. 
Stachyris davisoni, Sharpe; Bull. B.O.C., i, p. vu, (1892); Robinson 
and Kloss, tom. cit., p. 61. 
A large series from Kao Nawng where it ranges up to about 
2,000 feet. Comparison of these birds with numerous specimens 
from the typical locality (Tahan river, Pahang) show that they are 
identical. St. nigriceps (Hodgs), which I had included in the local 
list on the strength of birds from Trang identified as such 
Mr. Richmond must therefore be deleted from the Malayan Fauna. 
“Tris chestnut hazel, bill plumbeous, darker on culmen, feet 
greenish lead.” 
97. STACHYRIDIOPSIS CHRYSOPS. 
Stachyris chrysea bocagvi, Salvad; Robinson Journ. Fed. Malay 
States Mus., u1, p. 202. 
Stachyris chrysops, Richmond, Proc. Biol. Soc., Washington, xv, 
p. 157 (1902). 
Four specimens of this golden babbler were obtained near the 
summit of Kao Nawng and must certainly be conspecific with 
St. chrysops obtained in the mountains of Trang, about 80 miles to 
the south. 
At one time I thought that the Malayan form might be identical 
with the Sumatran race but examination of a series collected on 
the hills of that island shows that the imsular form is a darker 
and duller form, even darker than St. assimilis (Walden) from 
Assam and Central Tenasserim, especially on the flanks. 
Pending direct comparison of series of fresh specimens from the 
Himalayas, Assam, Tenasserim, Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula, 
I have thought it best to let the Malayan specimens stand under 
Richmond’s name though it is evident that St. chryxa (Hodgs); St. 
assimilis (Walden) ; St. bocagii, Salvad and St. chrysops, Richm are all 
but slightly differentiated subspecies. 
